Varanus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Varanidae
- Genus
- Varanus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Varanus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Monitor lizard
Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also found in the southern United States as an invasive species. About 80 species are recognized.
Monitor lizards have long necks, powerful tails and claws, and well-developed limbs. The adult length of extant species ranges from 20 cm (7.9 in) in some species such as Varanus sparnus, to over 3 m (10 ft) in the case of the Komodo dragon, though the extinct megalania (Varanus priscus) may have reached lengths of more than 7 m (23 ft). Most monitor species are terrestrial, but many are also arboreal or semiaquatic. While most monitor lizards are carnivorous, eating smaller reptiles, fish, birds, insects, small mammals, and eggs, a few species also eat fruit and vegetation.
...Varanus in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Likkewane
- Arabic
- ورل
- Bokmål
- Varaner
- Chinese
- 巨蜥屬
- Czech
- varan
- Danish
- Varaner
- Dutch
- Varanen
- English
- Monitor Lizards
- English
- Monitors
- English
- Monitory Lizards
- English
- Leguaans
- German
- Warane
- Indonesian
- Biawak
- Italian
- Varano
- Japanese
- オオトカゲ属
- Russian
- Вараны
- Sinhala
- කබරගොයින් සහ තලගොයින්
- Thai
- เหี้ย ตะกวด
- Ukrainian
- Варан
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Varanus acanthurus
- Varanus albigularis
- Varanus auffenbergi
- Varanus bangonorum
- Varanus beccarii
- Varanus bengalensis
- Varanus bennetti
- Varanus bitatawa
- Varanus boehmei
- Varanus bogerti
- Varanus brevicauda
- Varanus bushi
- Varanus caerulivirens
- Varanus caudolineatus
- Varanus cerambonensis
- Varanus citrinus
- Varanus colei
- Varanus cumingi
- Varanus dalubhasa
- Varanus doreanus
- Varanus douarrha
- Varanus dumerilii
- Varanus eremius
- Varanus exanthematicus
- Varanus finschi
- Varanus flavescens
- Varanus giganteus
- Varanus gilleni
- Varanus glauerti
- Varanus glebopalma
- Varanus gouldii
- Varanus griseus
- Varanus hamersleyensis
- Varanus indicus
- Varanus insulanicus
- Varanus jobiensis
- Varanus juxtindicus
- Varanus keithhornei
- Varanus kingorum
- Varanus komodoensis
- Varanus kordensis
- Varanus lirungensis
- Varanus mabitang
- Varanus macraei
- Varanus marmoratus
- Varanus melinus
- Varanus mertensi
- Varanus mitchelli
- Varanus nebulosus
- Varanus nesterovi
- Varanus niloticus
- Varanus nuchalis
- Varanus obor
- Varanus ocreatus
- Varanus olivaceus
- Varanus palawanensis
- Varanus panoptes
- Varanus pilbarensis
- Varanus prasinus
- Varanus primordius
- Varanus rainerguentheri
- Varanus rasmusseni
- Varanus reisingeri
- Varanus rosenbergi
- Varanus rudicollis
- Varanus salvadorii
- Varanus salvator
- Varanus samarensis
- Varanus scalaris
- Varanus semiremex
- Varanus semotus
- Varanus sparnus
- Varanus spenceri
- Varanus spinulosus
- Varanus storri
- Varanus telenesetes
- Varanus timorensis
- Varanus togianus
- Varanus tristis
- Varanus tsukamotoi
- Varanus varius
- Varanus yemenensis
- Varanus yuwonoi
- Varanus zugorum































































































































































